Mission

The mission is for anybody from a wide range of nationalities who wishes to study
The Southern School of Buddhism (Theravada Buddhism) has a chance to study and practice of Dhamma. Do not
worry about residence, language, culture, economic and other problems.
All accommodations, food (vegetarian), medicine, and so on will be
provided by Wat Pah Pateeparam on the compounds free of charge.

Lay
visitors may choose to observe the five precepts or the eight precepts
which is the basic guideline of training. Those who are interested in
staying for a longer period of time or considering ordination as a bhikkhu
(Buddhist monk) or Mae Chee, Wat Pah Pateeparam will arrange the
layperson to receive the training courses before full ordination at the
head monastery (Wat Phrae Dhammaram) is performed. Further more, visa application
for the foreigners who intend to have longer stay for practicing Dhamma in
Thailand will be serviced as well.
The main purpose of Wat Pah
Pateeparam is to train and preserve the Dhamma-Vinaya of Theravada
Buddhism, the teachings and code of monastic discipline laid down by Buddha .There is no formal meditation instruction is offered.
We aim to include all aspects of daily life in our practice, such as Buddhist
monks use everyday routine tasks and situation as opportunity for
meditation practice and Dhamma study. If lay visitors have any questions
concerning the meditation practice, they will get the answers through
discussion with the abbot or senior monks when they are available.
Although lay guests are expected to follow the daily monastic routine
and join in group activities, they generally still have many hours of
the day free for study and individual meditation practice.